diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 9a1ab6e..95f1a34 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 * define $QUACK_ROOT  
+* blas 
+* lapack
 * ninja
 * gfortran
 * python3
@@ -6,4 +8,5 @@
 * opam
 * cmake
 * wget
+* automake
 
diff --git a/src/utils/dfac.f90 b/src/utils/dfac.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b58a2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/dfac.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+double precision function dfac(n)
+  implicit none
+  integer :: n
+  double precision, external :: fact
+  dfac = fact(n)
+end
+
+!-------------------
+! The following functions were taken with from Quantum Package
+! (https://github.com/QuantumPackage/qp2 , AGPL license)
+
+double precision function fact(n)
+  implicit none
+  integer                        :: n
+  double precision, save         :: memo(1:100)
+  integer, save                  :: memomax = 1
+  integer                        :: i
+  double precision :: logfact
+
+  if (n<=memomax) then
+    if (n<2) then
+      fact = 1.d0
+    else
+      fact = memo(n)
+    endif
+    return
+  endif
+
+  memo(1) = 1.d0
+  do i=memomax+1,min(n,100)
+    memo(i) = memo(i-1)*dble(i)
+  enddo
+  memomax = min(n,100)
+  fact = dexp(logfact(n))
+end function
+
+
+
+double precision function logfact(n)
+  implicit none
+  integer                        :: n
+  double precision, save         :: memo(1:100)
+  integer, save                  :: memomax = 1
+  integer                        :: i
+
+  if (n<=memomax) then
+    if (n<2) then
+      logfact = 0.d0
+    else
+      logfact = memo(n)
+    endif
+    return
+  endif
+
+  memo(1) = 0.d0
+  do i=memomax+1,min(n,100)
+    memo(i) = memo(i-1)+dlog(dble(i))
+  enddo
+  memomax = min(n,100)
+  logfact = memo(memomax)
+  do i=101,n
+    logfact = logfact + dlog(dble(i))
+  enddo
+end function
+            
+